Baywood-Los Osos, California
El Moro Elfin Forest Natural Area
Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.
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Baywood-Los Osos, California
Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.
Wilmington, North Carolina
The only pachinko parlor in the United States.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The wreckage of a deadly bomber plane crash can still be found near an Arizona peak.
Nixon, Nevada
As fallout from an irrigation project, a formerly cottonwood-lined stream is now a sandy, desolate, post-apocalyptic channel lined with weathered stumps and tumbleweeds.
Dallas, Texas
This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.
New York, New York
A room in New York City that contains 250 cubic yards of dirt.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Portland, Oregon
A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A little-known memorial to servicemen and nurses killed in the line of duty during the First World War.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
One of two giant blue cockerel statues erected with an intentional double meaning.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Foundry on a Sleepy Street.
New York, New York
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.
Harlingen, Netherlands
Live out your childhood construction fantasies in this one-of-a-kind gyrating hotel.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Homestead, Florida
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
Budapest, Hungary
A marvel of technology a century ago, this disused power station now offers a lovely glimpse into the industrial design of the past.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.